{"id":503884,"date":"2022-10-26T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uv-to-red-light-converting-films-accelerate-plant-growth-could-help-improve-global-food-supply-issues\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:00:01","slug":"uv-to-red-light-converting-films-accelerate-plant-growth-could-help-improve-global-food-supply-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uv-to-red-light-converting-films-accelerate-plant-growth-could-help-improve-global-food-supply-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"#UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth, could help improve global food supply issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25e8c104d87\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25e8c104d87\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uv-to-red-light-converting-films-accelerate-plant-growth-could-help-improve-global-food-supply-issues\/#%E2%80%9CUV-to-red_light_converting_films_accelerate_plant_growth_could_help_improve_global_food_supply_issues%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth, could help improve global food supply issues&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUV-to-red_light_converting_films_accelerate_plant_growth_could_help_improve_global_food_supply_issues%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth, could help improve global food supply issues&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"(a) Schematic of WCM film converting UV light to red light (left) and molecular structure of film components (right). (b) Photos of plastic sheets with and without WCM coating. (c) Solar spectrum showing wavelengths absorbed and emitted by the WCM film. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. &lt;i&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;\/i&gt;. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-2.jpg\" alt=\"UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth\" title=\"(a) Schematic of WCM film converting UV light to red light (left) and molecular structure of film components (right). (b) Photos of plastic sheets with and without WCM coating. (c) Solar spectrum showing wavelengths absorbed and emitted by the WCM film. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. &lt;i&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;\/i&gt;. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                (a) Schematic of WCM film converting UV light to red light (left) and molecular structure of film components (right). (b) Photos of plastic sheets with and without WCM coating. (c) Solar spectrum showing wavelengths absorbed and emitted by the WCM film. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. <i>Scientific Reports<\/i>. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An interdisciplinary team from Hokkaido University&#8217;s Engineering and Agriculture departments and the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) has developed a europium-based thin-film coating that they demonstrated accelerates both vegetal plant and tree growth. This <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> can improve plant production speed and has the potential to help address global food supply issues.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Plants convert visible light to energy via a process called photosynthesis. In addition to visible light, sunlight also contains ultraviolet (UV) light. Researchers in this study aimed to provide plants with additional visible light to use in photosynthesis by employing a wavelength-converting material (WCM) that can convert the UV light into red light.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers developed a WCM based on a europium complex and made a thin-film coating that can be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to commercially available plastic sheets. They not only showed that the film converts UV light to red light, but also that the film does not block any of the beneficial visible light from the sun. The film was then tested by comparing plant growth using sheets with and without the WCM coating. Trials were performed for both Swiss chard, a vegetal plant, and Japanese larch trees. <\/p>\n<p>In summer, when days are long and sun irradiation is strong, no significant difference was observed for Swiss chard when using the WCM films. In winter, however, when days are shorter and sunlight is weaker, Swiss chard plants grown using the WCM films showed 1.2 times greater plant height and 1.4 times greater biomass after 63 days. Researchers attributed this accelerated growth to the increased supply of red light provided by the WCM films.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Japanese larch tree seedlings grown without (left) and with (right) the use of a wavelength converting material (WCM) sheet. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. &lt;i&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;\/i&gt;. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver.jpg\" alt=\"UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth\" title=\"Japanese larch tree seedlings grown without (left) and with (right) the use of a wavelength converting material (WCM) sheet. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. &lt;i&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;\/i&gt;. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Japanese larch tree seedlings grown without (left) and with (right) the use of a wavelength converting material (WCM) sheet. (Sunao Shoji et al. Scientific Reports. October 26, 2022). Credit: Sunao Shoji et al. <i>Scientific Reports<\/i>. DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trials involving Japanese larch trees also showed accelerated growth. Seedlings showed a higher relative growth rate in the initial 4 months of growth, resulting in a stem diameter 1.2-fold larger and total biomass 1.4-fold larger than trees grown without the WCM coating. Critically, this enabled the seedlings to reach the standard size for planting in the forestry of Hokkaido within one year. Use of WCM films could shorten the growth period of seedlings from two years to one year, resulting in more cost-efficient plant production.<\/p>\n<p>This technology also has the potential to help with food security issues in colder climates and is beneficial because it does not require any electricity to operate. Researchers see the customizability of the technology as especially promising.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The newly developed film converts UV light to red light. (Photo provided by ICReDD). Credit: ICReDD\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/uv-to-red-light-conver-1.jpg\" alt=\"UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth\" title=\"The newly developed film converts UV light to red light. (Photo provided by ICReDD). Credit: ICReDD\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                The newly developed film converts UV light to red light. (Photo provided by ICReDD). Credit: ICReDD<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;By using a coating of wavelength-changing material, we were able to successfully create a transparent film and demonstrate its ability to accelerate plant growth,&#8221; said Sunao Shoji, lead author of the study published in <i>Scientific Reports<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By rationally designing the light-emitting ion, we can freely control the color of emitted light to be other colors like green or yellow, so we expect to be able to create wavelength converting films that are optimized for different plant types. This opens a large avenue of future development for next generation agricultural and forestry engineering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Insights into two rare types of photosynthesis could boost crop production\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Plant growth acceleration using a transparent Eu3+-painted UV-to-red conversion film, <i>Scientific Reports<\/i> (2022). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6\">DOI: 10.1038\/s41598-022-21427-6<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Hokkaido University<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global.hokudai.ac.jp\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 UV-to-red light converting films accelerate plant growth, could help improve global food supply issues (2022, October 26)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 26 October 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-10-uv-to-red-growth-global-food-issues.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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